muddy
adjective
abounding in or covered with mud.
muddies
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present tense formof muddy (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Old inventory muddies the income statement. Cohort performance tells you that this new Opendoor 2.0 machine works.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026
That story and all the thematic clones emerging in its wake center contradictory thought as heroic and easily imperiled because it muddies a convenient, consolidated prescription of how the world should work.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025
It’s a simple story, but “Scarlet,” an anime feature from Japan, both complicates and muddies the quest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
One of the things that muddies the picture is that xylazine is rarely found on its own.
From Slate ● May 12, 2024
"Break for it, before anybody else gets there and muddies the water."
From Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign by John McElroy
